New Windows Marketplace to offer try-before-you-buy downloads

A month after announcing its forthcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system, Microsoft showcased the new end-to-end developer framework in place for the platform as well as its accompanying Windows Phone Marketplace application storefront, which will enable consumers to trial apps before purchasing them. According to Microsoft, which detailed the new platform at its MIX10 conference in Las Vegas, Windows Phone 7 extends technologies like Silverlight and XNA to mobile application and game creation--developers can take advantage of features including accelerometer controls, multi-touch capabilities, camera and microphone support, hardware-accelerated video with DRM and Internet Information Services Smooth Streaming. Windows Phone 7 also supplies a Microsoft Location Service to provide developers with a single point of reference to acquire location data as well as a Microsoft Notification Service for pushing information to the device, regardless of whether or not a given application is running.

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